Bobcat Men Finish Second in Mercer RunFit Sports Invitational

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Georgia College
& State University men's cross country team finished in second
place at Saturday's Mercer RunFit Sports Invitational with newcomer
Tyler
Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) leading the way.

The junior transfer completed his first meet for the Bobcats
finishing eighth overall in 28:07 on the 8k course.

Four Bobcats finished one behind the other starting with junior
Daniel
Horseman(Cohutta, Ga.) in
11th at a personal best of 28:14. Following behind
Horseman was freshman Zack
Robinson(Snellville, Ga.) in
28:21, freshman Phillip
Laskey(Marietta, Ga.) in 28:22, and
junior Rob
Manning (Lawrenceville, Ga.) in 28:23 in typical
Georgia College pack-runner style.

The Bobcats tallied 53 team points total to fall behind Mercer
University's first place finish with only 15 team points. The
individual medalist was Chris Svidesskis from Mercer finishing in
27:02. The Bobcats' team points were enough to beat Peach
Belt opponents University of Montevallo and Armstrong Atlantic.

The Bobcats next meet is Saturday, Sept. 25 at the
30th Annual Will Wilson Citadel Invitational in
Charleston, S.C.

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